Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Outrageous Fortune (1987)

Outrageous Fortune poster
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genre
comedy film, female buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 128 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two women who dislike each other find out they have been dating the same man. They team up to track him down after he goes missing.

lightheartedscrewballplayfulfast-pacedwittychaoticbouncy

What happens

Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 American comedy film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet ("...the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..."). It is the tenth film of Touchstone Pictures. The film was successful at the box office, and Midler was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?